What we're about

This group is dedicated to building an open, immersive web ecosystem.

The Metaverse is upon us! More than 3 billion computers and devices are connected seamlessly with the web. And now, low-cost Virtual Reality hardware is making VR accessible to everyone. It's time to combine these two ideas.

The web is built on openness: open sharing, open standards, and open source. Web applications are easy to build, and easy to share, and they run everywhere. The VR and AR applications being built today are the polar opposite: solitary, closed system, hard to download and install, and built with proprietary tools. It's time to change all that. The Metaverse is too big an idea - too vast in its scope and implementation - to be controlled by a single commercial concern. It's also too important. We need to ensure a level playing field, with an open, democratized, unfettered platform at its core.

The group will explore the technologies and tools for the augmented and virtual reality Metaverse. We'll look at content and applications, and their impact on culture and lifestyle. But most of all, we'll have a blast, because we will be creating the future together.

Who's with us?

Code of Conduct for All of our WebXR Community Members

Summary

A primary goal of WebXR MeetUp is to be inclusive to the largest number of participants, with the most varied and diverse backgrounds possible. As such, we are committed to providing a friendly, safe and welcoming environment for all, regardless of gender, sexual orientation, ability, age, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, and religion (or lack thereof). By joining this group as a member, you agree to abide by the Code of Conduct.

This Code of Conduct outlines our expectations for all those who participate in our conference community, as well as the consequences for unacceptable behavior. Please read the full content below for more details.

Email us at webxrsf@gmail.com for any issues.

Full Version

1. PurposeA primary goal of WebXR MeetUp is to be inclusive to the largest number of participants, with the most varied and diverse backgrounds possible. As such, we are committed to providing a friendly, safe and welcoming environment for all, regardless of gender, sexual orientation, ability, age, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, and religion (or lack thereof).

This Code of Conduct outlines our expectations for all those who participate in our conference community, as well as the consequences for unacceptable behavior.

We invite all those who participate in WebXR MeetUp to help us create safe and positive experiences for everyone.

2. Encouraging and Recognizing Participation

A supplemental goal of this Code of Conduct is to increase meaningful collaboration by encouraging participants to recognize and strengthen the relationships between our actions and their effects on our conference community.Intentional, positive action is essential to avoid replicating within our conference community the many forms of inequality that exist in greater society. For this reason, we outline in this Code of Conduct expected behavior as well as prohibited behavior.

If you see someone who is making an extra effort to ensure our conference community is welcoming, friendly, and encourages all participants to contribute to the fullest extent, recognize them for their good work either personally or by letting conference organizers know.

3. Expected BehaviorThe following behaviors are expected and requested of all conference community members:Participate in an authentic and active way. In doing so, you contribute to the health and longevity of this conference community. Exercise consideration and respect in your speech and actions.Attempt collaboration before conflict.Refrain from demeaning, discriminatory, or harassing behavior and speech.Be mindful of your surroundings and of your fellow participants. Alert conference community organizers if you notice a dangerous situation, someone in distress, or violations of this Code of Conduct, even if they seem inconsequential.Remember that conference community event venues may be shared with members of the public; please be respectful to all patrons of these locations.4. Unacceptable BehaviorThe following behaviors are considered harassment and are unacceptable within our conference community:Violence and threats of violence.Incitement of violence towards any individual, including encouraging a person to commit suicide or to engage in self-harm. Derogatory comments related to gender, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, disability, mental illness, neuro(a)typicality, physical appearance, body size, race, age, religion, or socio-economic status.Gratuitous or off-topic sexual images or behaviour in spaces where they're not appropriate. Posting or threatening to post other people's personally identifying information ("doxing"). Deliberate misgendering or use of "dead" or rejected names.Inappropriate photography or recording. Physical contact or simulated physical contact (e.g. textual messages like "hug" or "backrub") without affirmative consent. Unwelcome sexual attention. This includes, sexualized comments or jokes; inappropriate touching, groping, and unwelcomed sexual advances.Deliberate intimidation, stalking or following (online or in person). Sustained disruption of conference community events, including talks and presentations.Advocating for, or encouraging, any of the above behavior.5. Consequences of Unacceptable BehaviorUnacceptable behavior from any conference community member, including sponsors and those with decision-making authority, will not be tolerated.

If a conference community member engages in unacceptable behavior, the conference organizers may take any action they deem appropriate, up to and including a temporary ban or permanent expulsion from the conference community without warning (and without refund in the case of a paid event).

6. Reporting GuidelinesIf you are subject to or witness unacceptable behavior, or have any other concerns, please notify the conference conduct team as soon as possible by emailing webxrsf@gmail.com

Additionally, conference organizers are available to help conference community members engage with local law enforcement or to otherwise help those experiencing unacceptable behavior feel safe. In the context of in-person events, organizers will also provide escorts as desired by the person experiencing distress.

7. Addressing GrievancesIf you feel you have been falsely or unfairly accused of violating this Code of Conduct, you should notify the conference conduct team (webxrsf@gmail.com) with a concise description of your grievance. Your grievance will be handled in accordance with our existing governing policies.

8. ScopeWe expect all conference community participants (contributors, paid or otherwise; sponsors; and other guests) to abide by this Code of Conduct in all conference community venues—online and in-person—as well as in all one-on-one communications pertaining to conference community business.This Code of Conduct and its related procedures also applies to unacceptable behavior occurring outside the scope of conference community activities when such behavior has the potential to adversely affect the safety and well-being of conference community members.

10. License and attributionThis Code of Conduct is distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike license.It has been adapted with few modifications from Mozilla’s View Source Conference, which references Stumptown Syndicate's Citizen Code of Conduct, portions of which are derived from the Django Code of Conduct and the Geek Feminism Anti-Harassment Policy. Additional text from LGBTQ in Technology Code of Conduct.